[Single Player] ACHIEVEMENT CHALLENGE!

[SickSadWorld]

In light of recent competitive behaviour I have decided to cook up a bit of a challenge for all of you!

http://wadhost.fathax.com/files/ssw_challenge01.zip

Download, unzip and load the wad through the "Add File" dialog box. Then just start a Single Player game. It replaces MAP01

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Mirror Challenge



It's just you versus Joe. Busters and Item-1. The idea is akin to something like Final Destination. Oh yeah, there's quick beams and an Eddie too.

Bronze Award : Get to 5 frags before Joe

Ashley (Community Activist)
 DoomThroughDoom
 Flandre
 Omnizoa
 Rawk Hawk
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 Duora Super Gyro
 You?

Silver Award : Get to 3 frags without getting killed.

Ashley (Community Activist)
 DoomThroughDoom
 Flandre
 Omnizoa
 Rawk Hawk
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 Duora Super Gyro
 You?

Gold Award : Get to 5 frags without getting killed.

Ashley (Community Activist)
 DoomThroughDoom
 Flandre
 Omnizoa
 Rawk Hawk
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 Duora Super Gyro
 You?

Do you have what it takes to get an award??

[Ashley]

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Next challenge, please.

Took me four tries to do that, though. XD

[TERRORsphere]

What was with the quickman lasers 0_o. Anyway, I did your "Challenge" and got 5 kills, no deaths before falling into the dreaded laser.

[SickSadWorld]

What was with the quickman lasers 0_o. Anyway, I did your "Challenge" and got 5 kills, no deaths before falling into the dreaded laser.

Awesome! I should keep a tally for this specific challenge in the OP (there will be more)

I can explain the motivation a little bit. This challenge evolved from a practice suite for roboenza. The idea in its simplest form is to be able to hold down +fire and still deploy the item-1 effectively. The Eddie was added for variety (and also because of the possibility of a mirror buster for quicklaser fun). There is no weapon energy pickups because it prevents spamming a single lucky weapon. (Eddie can give you a W-tank also)

The quickman lasers are there to force you to pay attention to the environment. In theory you can see your opponent from all sides (mirrors) and always see which way the laser will shoot (the floor). In practice though it is difficult to keep these separate and only the best players have cultivated this skill enough to demonstrate competence in this challenge.

There are 6 different laser possibilities. The laser only shoots in one direction at a time and it is chosen randomly. The arrows on the floor will always give you an indication on which direction the lasers will be shot in, but will not tell you which possibility will fire; only the direction.

The design requires a successful use of item-1 (possibly both as a snare and shield) as well as superb mega buster aiming and impeccable attention to the environment (dodging). These are requirements to succeed at the gold level for this challenge.


I intend on making more challenges like this, but in the future I will make this a game mode that gives you the awards in-game and sets the rules a bit more rigidly using ACS somehow.

For actual multi-player match-ups this is best suited to duel mode. Although this is just a teaser for future offerings that will be available; with a single player focus but multi player compatible. Some may involve speed and maneuvering through a treacherous course in certain criterion amounts of time corresponding to an achievement level, for example.

Stay tuned!

[Jennifer]

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Gold Trophy Please. =D

[Ryuga_knight]

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Next challenge, please.

Took me four tries to do that, though. XD

Geez no wonder Ashley is considered a top player here.

[TERRORsphere]

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Gold Trophy Please. =D

So you didn't even get shot by him? I call bullshit :P

[Rawk Hawk]

Easy stuff.

And DTD, there is a small health container in there.

[Omnizoa]

Those beams were more deadly then the Joe...
I found that getting 5 frags using the weapon given from Eddie to be really easy so I stuck with the buster and found that to be more challenging.


The image is loading funny like so i'll just post a link to the image http://img43.imageshack.us/i/screenshotdoom201101022.png/

[SickSadWorld]

It is time for another challenge!



DESTROY THE METOOLS!

http://wadhost.fathax.com/files/METCHAL.zip

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Download, unzip the wad, load it in the launcher, press ~ and type "map metchal" to play!

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This one is a single player challenge. Only the proest of the pro out there will be able to achieve the Platinum award for this one (without cheating). In this challenge, the awards are coded in so the map will tell you what award you have received.

There are no player deathmatch starts so multiplayer is not possible. This is designed to be a single player challenge.

There is an Eddie power-up right where you start. Depending on what you get, this challenge can be relatively easy or hard. Good luck!

See if you can find the yashichi, this one is pretty easy.

TIP: You're on thin ice! If you let yourself get attacked by the Metools, their shots can alter your movement on the precarious surface and can snowball into your defeat! Dodge is an essential skill if you wish to do well in this challenge.

In response to some feedback, this is very possible to beat if you are lucky enough on the Eddie power-up. Also Eddie respawns, and there is the possibility of an E-Tank. The average player is expected to perform at the Bronze/ Silver level. The Metools have one of 5 randomly selected personalities. Some of these are more aggressive than others. Thus, the difficulty both for the Metool personalities and the power-up(s) you get are somewhat dependent on luck.

The luckiest players will initially get a Bass Buster, Gravity Hold, Flash Stopper (not to be confused with Time Stopper), or an E-Tank. The Metools supply plenty of weapon energy. There are a limited number of Metools (even if it doesn't seem like it) and they will stop spawning once the limit has been reached (read: you kill enough of them   )


The gameplay design of this is intended to be like when Megaman was a hit on the NES. Since RAM limitations at the time made something like save-states impossible, the idea is that it is supposed to be difficult to keep you playing; the assumption being that once you beat it, you'll put it down and not come back for a while. I hope you have as much fun playing this as I had making it!

Bronze Award : Destroy up to 75 metools before you die.

Asd967 or King Yamato
 Lakister
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
  A Falcon Punch
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 You?

Silver Award : Destroy up to 150 metools before you die.

Asd967 or King Yamato
 Lakister
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
  A Falcon Punch
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 You?

Gold Award : Destroy up to 250 metools before you die.

Asd967 or King Yamato
 Lakister
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
  A Falcon Punch
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 You?

PLATINUM Award : Destroy all the metools! Defeat the metool army without dying!

Asd967 or King Yamato
 Lakister
 Maximilion Pegasus/ -RanRan
 Protoman
  A Falcon Punch
 Skye.EXE
 Searinox
 You?

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This challenge can be difficult, but it is definitely possible!

[Asd967]

Eddie is rigged.

By the way, the achievements in game are being given on how many are spawned, and not killed.

[SickSadWorld]

By the way, the achievements in game are being given on how many are spawned, and not killed.

Nope. I specifically tested this.

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Turn on degreelessness mode and wait until a ton spawn. Then let yourself get killed. You'll get a bronze because you've killed 0. Internally it is calculated

killedmets = maxnumber - (numberofmets + remainingmets);

numberofmets decrements each time one is spawned and starts at the maxnumber. remainingmets is a count of how many are alive. There's a line in the map ACS that prints how many you've killed if you are curious. Uncomment line 123

//Print(d:killedmets);

...and I just tested it again by letting a bunch spawn

[Asd967]

Then I received a Silver award at 73. Ok.

Also

EDDIE IS RIGGED >


And gold at 150 >_>

[SickSadWorld]

Then I received a Silver award at 73. Ok.

And gold at 150 >_>

This is based on the spawn frequency of the metools. It uses the global total in calculating the award so if you die and it decrements the global total when you are right on a threshold then it can possibly credit you with more than you actually killed.

This behavior is OK with me because even if you didn't actually kill 75 for the Silver level, you are still credited with this. I feel like this adds a good incentive to your run, because I'm sure if I was watching I'd be impressed.

Exactly 150 should be silver, but the game must have given you the benefit of the doubt; you must have earned that gold in a very good run!  

[Asd967]

Finished with platinum.

There were 250 points on my kill score...

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Screenie there, also that Yashishi was easy...

PS. On your post you were saying about Bass Buster, G. Hold, etc...

For me: Metal Blade, Metal Blade, Metal Blade, Metal Blade...

Only used first Eddie.